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Saturday, May 04, 2013  The party selected 37-year-old Orangeburg native Jaime Harrison as its new leader at Saturday's convention in Columbia.

Friday, May 03, 2013  The vice president will be in Columbia on Friday to give remarks at the annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Republican Mark Sanford and Democratic Elizabeth Colbert Busch are hitting the campaign trail after mixing it up in the only scheduled debate of their South Carolina congressional race. The special election is next Tuesday.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch are sharing the stage for the first time in their race for the state's vacant 1st Congressional District seat.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  Democrats in the South Carolina House say an early voting bill being pushed by Republicans will limit voters' ability to cast a ballot early.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's name is once again on the ballot as he tries to wage a political comeback.

Sunday, March 10, 2013  Imagine someone offered to give you $4.1 billion over three years, and if you did not take it, your neighbors would get the money instead.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  A South Carolina House committee advanced a bill that creates a nine-day window of no-excuse-needed early voting, but limits voters' ability to vote early.

Monday, January 28, 2013  Charlotte is releasing numbers proving last summer's Democratic National Convention is a success.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  South Carolina's House Democrats and Senate Republicans are electing their leaders for the session that starts this week.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is set to visit South Carolina to discuss the Capitol Hill debate over raising the country's debt limit.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  The State Election Commission is scheduled to hear protests in three South Carolina legislative races.

Sunday, November 11, 2012  North Carolina Democrats can't remember being so low in state government after Election Day. The strings of power that party members nearly always held for more than a century will all be cut now after last week's results.

Saturday, November 10, 2012  Members of both parties didn't like court rulings that kicked more than 200 candidates off the June primary ballot because of paperwork problems.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  North Carolina voters are deciding whether to put a Republican in the Executive Mansion for the first time since 1993.